As you know, I’m all about chickens, but because we do live in New Hampshire and this past weekend was Labor Day weekend (which is a huge weekend in the political arena around here) I just couldn’t help making a few chicken observations.

Here is Sarah Palin at the Manchester Tea Party Express event addressing the crowd:

Photo Credit: Marc Nozell

This is a photo of a fighting cock from Vietnam.

Fighting cocks (which are not allowed in the U.S.) have incredibly sharp talons that they use to mercilessly rip their opponents wide open from here to there. Woe be to anyone who gets in their way. Here is a picture of those ferocious weapons:

And here is a close up of the weapons that Sarah wore on Monday to the Tea Party Express rally.